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A LARGE WHITE-GLAZED CARVED
‘PHOENIX-TAIL’ VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase is carved beneath the glaze with
peony fowers borne on scrolling vines. The
base has an apocryphal Chenghua mark in
underglaze blue within a double circle.
30 in. (76.2 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New
York.
LITERATURE:
Chinese Export Porcelain including Figures from
the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gill, The
Chinese Porcelain Company, New York,
2002, p. 24-25, no. 9.
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